Stand constructions



Aug. 7, 1956 w. REMSTEIN 2,757,892

STAND CONSTRUCTIONS Filed March 9, 1953 /3 if U 32 //3 Q0 2 W 36 i d 30 /9 26 34 JNVENTDR ATT DJPNEY United States Patent '0 2,757,892 STAND CONSTRUCTIONS William Remstein, Syracuse, N. Application March 9, 1953, Serial No. 341,092 1 Claim. C1. 248 -163) This invention relates to a wrought iron or similar metal stand construction, and more particularly to a stand or base having an angle iron frame and inverted tripod legs rigidly affixed thereto.

The present invention is directed to the construction of a rectangular support stand or base adapted to accommodate and rigidly support heavy cabinets such as television equipment, although the frame or base may be utilized to support other heavy objects, such as table tops and the like. The invention provides a frame construction, preferably of angle iron or the like, each corner of which is provided with a cantilever leg construction constituted by an inverted tripod. The invention more particularly has to do with the arrangement of a leg construction composed of three rigid rods or bars secured adjacent to one another in a floor-engaging member at their lower ends, and splayed at their upper ends, and rigidly secured within the flange of a corner angle iron, one of said bars being located and secured at the corner, and the others being disposed at a distance from the corner and rigidly secured to the angle iron to form a rigid cantilever or inverted tripod construction. Further, the invention has to do with securing of the upper butt end of the corner bar in overlapping relation to the closed V-notch of a right angle bent angle iron by welding, braZing and the like, whereby a single weld rigidifies the corner angle and secures the corner bar. Further, the invention has to do with the location of the joint of a rectangular angle iron frame at a point where the butt end of one of the other of said bars joins the frame, whereby a single weld completes the frame and joins one leg thereto in overlapping relation to the joined frame ends.

The above and other novel features of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is expressly understood that the drawings are employed for purposes of illustration only and are not designed as a definition of the limits of the invention, reference being had for this purpose to the appended claim.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the frame;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view; and

Figure 3 is a view of a single leg assembly, with portions cut away.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, there is shown a rectangular frame 10, of angle iron or angular cross-section, having a horizontal web 11 and vertical flange or skirt 13. Such frame may be formed of a straight length of such material, the horizontal web of which is cut away by 90 V-notches to facilitate bending of the angle iron to form the corners. In cutting away the V-notches, sufficient material is removed so that when the angle iron is bent at a 90 angle, as shown, the edges 12 and 14 of the notch are brought into close proximity or abutting relationv at each corner, while the 2,757,892 Patented Aug. 7, 1956 vertical flange is benta's at 16. A section of angle iron for each frame is cut to a proper length, so that its ends 18 and 20 will abut one another, and the notches at the four corners 22, 24, 26, and 28 are so disposed with relation to the abutting ends as to create a joint,a short selected distance from a corner, for reasons which will hereinafter appear. 1

At each corner, a leg construction is provided, each leg construction comprising three straight rods or bars, as at 30, 32, and 34. The lower ends of such bars converge, and are welded or brazed to the concave face of a circular convex floor-engaging disk 36, such disk being of a diameter affording adequate bearing area upon floors, rugs or the like. a

The upper ends of the bars 30, 32, and 34 are splayed to form an inverted tripod effect, the bar 30 being positioned in the corner formed by the angle iron, and the bars 32 and 34 being positioned a sufficient distance from the corner to provide in combination with bar 30 a rigid cantilever construction. The joint 19 formed by the butting ends 18 and 20 is so positioned preferably as to coincide with the upper butt end 21 of one of the bars 32, so that upon welding or brazing the bar end 21 to the frame, the butt joint is also Welded and strengthened by the bridging or overlapping effect of the butt end 21 of the bar. The other four bars 34 and remaining three bars 32 are welded or brazed to the frame. Each of the bars 30 is welded to the frame, so that their respective butt ends overlap the respective closed notch formed by the surfaces 12 and 14 of the horizontal flange.

In the leg assembly form shown in Figure 3, the angle iron 40 comprises end portions 41 and 42 having a right angle bend at 44. The Web portion is V-notched, so that the edges 46 and 48 abut when formed as shown, and such edges are welded conjointly at the time the butt end 50 of the bar 30 is Welded in place. The ends 41 and 42 have welded thereto the upper end of bars 32 and 34. The web may have apertures 52 to receive screws or the like for securing the assembly to the underside of a table top or other structure to be supported. It will be understood that four of such assemblies may be aifixed to a structure to be supported and thus provide through a table top or other supported member, a support similar to the stand of Figures 1 and 2.

In the manufacture of the stand or leg assemblies, the bars 30 are suitably cut to a slightly shorter length than the bars 32 and 34, so that the rectangular area embraced by the floor-engaging members 36 will be as large or larger than the frame, thus providing stability. Three bars may be held in a jig and their ends secured by welding or other bonding means to the floor-engaging members. Thereafter, a frame, notched and bent to shape, may be supported within a jig having suitable supports for holding each of the leg assemblies in correct angular relation while the upper ends of the bars are welded, fused, bonded, brazed, or otherwise secured to the frame. If desired, the bars may also be welded or bonded to the depending flange or skirt, as well as the horizontal web 11, and the butt joint 19 will in any event be preferably Welded along its entire angular length to provide adequate strength.

While reference has been made to the frame as formed of angle iron, obviously other angle sectioned metallic is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. As various changes in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, reference will be had to the appended claim for a definition of the limits of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A metal stand comprising a rectangular frame formed of a length of rigid right angle sectioned stock, said stock being disposed to provide a horizontal web and a depending outer perimetral skirt, said web being notched to provide abutting angularly inwardly diagonally extending edges at four corners, and said skirt being bent at right angles at said four corners, and the opposite ends of said length abutting one another intermediate two adjacent corners, a leg assembly for each corner comprising three rigid bars converging at their lower ends and diverging at their upper ends, and a floor-engaging dished disk member, the lower ends of said bars abutting the inside concave surface of said disk member and being bonded thereto, the upper ends of said bars of each assembly abutting the underside of said web portion of said frame in the region of their respective corners, the upper end of one bar of each assembly overlying the angular abutting edges of the respective corner and being bonded to and bonding the diagonally extending edges of said web, and the other bars of the respective assembly having their upper ends abutting and bonded to said web at substantially equal distances in opposed directions from the respective corner, said opposite abutting ends of said stock being located in overlapping relation to the upper abutting end of one of the leg assembly bars, and being bonded together and to the upper end of the lastnamed bar in a single joint, said disk members lying in a common plane parallel with said frame, and being quadrilaterally disposed to include an area larger than the rectangular frame.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 817,765 Hageman Apr. 17, 1906 1,820,103 Toy Aug. 25, 1931 2,524,955 Borzell et a1. Oct. 10, 1950 2,638,888 Molla May 19, 1953 OTHER REFERENCES Molla, Inc., New York 16, N. Y., Brochure 20, Wrought Iron Furniture, pages 1 through 6, and 8.

25 (Copy in Design Div.; received in U. S. Patent Ofiice Ian. 19, 1951.) 

